David Jeremiah's Blog, page 2
June 11, 2011
Prologue: "The Client"
It’s New York City, 1960s, and a mysterious Client has commissioned the advertising agency of Wyndham Ridgestone to create ten ad campaigns that will help persuade the culture of America to accept a more liberal midset. At first the agency rejects the Client’s business, but after a bit of persuasion, Wyndham Ridgestone accepts the account.
Meet the Wyndham Ridgestone team:
Pyke Wyndham and Garrett Ridgestone― business partners and experienced ad executives who created and lead the now this prestigious advertising firm
Kent Daniels― cunning, smart, and aggressive Creative Director
Wanda St. James― Account executive and copy editor
Joseph Grant, Thomas Stephens, inventive copywriters
Vincent Diaz―the resident designer
Autumn Guthrie― clerical secretary
The Account prologue entitled, The Client, has been created to introduce the series. A condensed version of this episode will be used each week to bring new audiences into the introducing the characters and purpose of drives the Wyndham Ridgestone advertising team.
June 10, 2011
Final Preparations
Final preparation on The Account took place today in preparation for our first big day of shooting. Today was our tech rehearsal. The audio and video teams conducted sound checks, adjusted lighting, and tested camera angles in the newly constructed conference room set. Not all the actors in The Account were present today, so we had Turning Point employees fill in to help prepare for the first day of shooting, June 11.
The audio team hooked up both the actors and “fill-ins” to microphones to test the equipment and sound levels. Once wired with microphones, our stand-ins took their places at the Wyndham Ridgestone conference table and read through the script as the crew adjusted lighting and sound.
The film crew was also present and played with various camera angles and positions. Director of Photography, Troy Dausend, maneuvered the camera around the set, finalizing the angles that will be used in the production. Other members of the crew analyzed the footage from offstage.
Executive Producer and Director Paul Joiner was on set as well, organizing everyone and providing creative direction.
After filming the scene, the our stand-ins gathered around the computer monitor to watch the technical run-through. They were able to see their work and had a good time helping prepare for this exciting new miniseries.
June 9, 2011
Day Three - Lighting, Audio, and Video
Today, on the Wyndham Ridgestone Conference Room set, the Turning Point Television team set up lighting, audio, and video on the entire set.
Here is what the set of The Account now looks like:
June 8, 2011
Set Construction - Day Two
Day two of the Wyndham Ridgestone Conference Room set construction for Turning Point's new fall mini-series, The Account, is complete!
What a productive day it was.
In order to create a television studio in an empty warehouse space, special features were added to this temporary television set for the production of The Account. One of those special additions is an acoustic drape that completely surrounds the Wyndham Ridgestone Conference Room set. This acoustic drape allows the Turning Point Television staff to record the audio live, producing a professional program without degradation in audio quality, as a result of echos and reverberations naturally created by the empty warehouse space.
Inside the temporary television set for The Account, "Wyndham Ridgestone" lettering was added to the back wall of the conference room creating the illusion of being at a 1960's ad agency. In addition to the lettering other 'set dressings' were added including, vintage furniture, a rotary telephone, era-specific newspapers, and even glasses and serving dishes completing the illusion of going back to a bye-gone era.
Executive Director, Paul Joiner is finalizing the set décor and making sure every little detail is in place. The excitement continues to build in anticipation Saturday, June 11, when the first episode of The Account will be filmed.
Months and months of dreaming, sketching, planning, and rendering, are now taking 'real-life' form. We praise God for the smooth beginning to this momentous undertaking.
June 7, 2011
Set Construction
We are building the set!
First thing Tuesday morning, the crew pulled up to Turning Point headquarters with huge trucks and unloaded the Wyndham Ridgestone conference room set. Because our studio has not been built, acoustics are poor, so wall to wall carpet was installed. Next, they hung special studio lights, setting the foundation for the complete lighting schematic. By mid afternoon the walls were coming up and the conference room was beginning to take shape. The New York skyline backdrop was hung outside of the set windows as the crew drilled, hammered, and stapled.
In just a couple days the set will be completely assembled and ready for Saturday’s filming!
June 6, 2011
About The Account
In just a few weeks, Turning Point begins television production of The Account.
This eleven episode mini-series will introduce the messages of Dr. Jeremiah’s new series, I Never Thought I’d See the Day!, aired on television and online domestically and around the world.
In television you have three seconds to grab, or “hook,” your audience’s attention before they lose interest and change the channel. For this reason, Turning Point believes that The Account will be our dramatic hook that pulls a faithful audience into the focus of the program, and grabs a new audience into Christian television.
For the first four minutes of the I Never Thought I’d See the Day! programs we will be taken back to the 1960’s where the advertising agency of Wyndham Ridgestone has landed the most mysterious client in the history of their firm. This shadowy and intimidating "client" has hired this firm to influence the masses—to sway the behavior of people towards a liberal mindset—to market a moral shift in American culture. The faceless and nameless client presents ten issues in which he seeks the advertising agency to create advertising campaigns.
The agency accepts the job, but behind the scenes the ad execs feel that they will never see the day when America will embrace the moral decline the Client hopes to see fulfilled. Nevertheless, they attack one issue at a time, brainstorming creative strategies that will lead America, and the world, to a moral crossroads.
The journey we take our audience through in The Account will shine light on how far society has drifted away from our moral foundation on each important issue discussed by Dr. Jeremiah in his teaching series.
The series trailers and eleven episodes of The Account will be utilized from August through November on Turning Point Television and Online.
June 5, 2011
Script Rehearsal
The Account officially began production on Thursday night with the first Script Read-Thru! This evening provided Paul Joiner, the Director and Executive Producer of The Account, the opportunity to introduce the storyline and script to each the cast.
Excitement around the table was palatable. Each actor was very excited to be involved in a production that will potentially reach millions of people around the world. The collective energy of both cast and crew set the mood for an energetic “first read” and set the stage for a successful production scheduled to begin shooting June 11.
Here are few images from the very first reading of The Account script.
June 3, 2011
Artist Renderings of the Set
Here are two artist renderings of what The Account television set will look like when it is built.
July 9, 2010
The Official Soundtrack
For the very first time, Turning Point is producing a soundtrack exclusively for Haven's Light. Featuring 10 original compositions, each is designed to fit perfectly with the dialogue and action you experience on screen.
Music has the incredible power to add drama and emotion to any situation, so by creating a soundtrack uniquely for Haven's Light we are able to engage viewers like never before.
In anticipation of its completion here are two 'cuts' off the soundtrack. The first one is...
